How To Make Quick Mac And Cheese In A Cup

September 16, 2014

Microwave Macaroni and Cheese in a Mug

by Kirbie

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This macaroni and cheese in a mug is fix in less than 5 minutes. Information technology makes a quick, piece of cake meal for one.

a spoon scooping out some macaroni and cheese in a mug

While Autumn may be just around the corner, we've been experiencing the hottest weather of the summer so far in San Diego. Equally a event, there hasn't been much cooking or baking happening in the kitchen.

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I was making some quick and easy macaroni and cheese in the microwave for another recipe when I decided information technology was fourth dimension to update my macaroni and cheese in a mug mail service. It too gave me an alibi to make a few actress servings (for testing purposes of course).

This is perfect for when you lot want to make a single serving rather than an entire pot of macaroni and cheese. It comes together so quickly and I didn't intermission a sweat making it.

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Recipe now updated with video! You can also notice all my recipe videos on my youtube page.

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1/2 cup minor elbow macaroni
one/2 cup h2o
1/2 cup finely shredded cheddar cheese
common salt and pepper or hot sauce optional, adds more than flavor

Add water and macaroni into an extra large mug (I recommend at least 20 ounce mug/2.5 cups). Place the mug on a large plate (this is to grab the overflow of water that occurs when cooking). Your macaroni should only rise to ane/3 or at the almost one/ii of the mug. Microwave at full power for 1 infinitesimal. Remove mug and stir macaroni, making certain to loosen whatsoever macaroni that may be stuck to the bottom of the mug.
Microwave for an additional i infinitesimal and stir again. During this second infinitesimal is when the water tends to overflow a piddling. If it's only a lilliputian h2o, then it should be fine. If it's a lot of water yous may need to add together a footling water to your macaroni afterward. Macaroni should be most cooked after the 2nd minute mark and most of the liquid should be almost gone, but your macaroni should still be moist. How much more you need to melt will depend on your microwave.
Continue to melt the macaroni at 30 second intervals, stirring in between. If your macaroni gets very dry, add together 1 tbsp of h2o. However, adding water will increase cooking time so you only need to add the water if your macaroni is dry. If it'south moist but not watery, do not add more than water. The microwave will melt the moist macaroni. Subsequently the first 30 seconds, my macaroni was just cooked but still al dente. Almost all the water was evaporated though the pasta was nevertheless very moist. I then microwaved for 30 more seconds. At this point my noodles were completely cooked and soft and no water remained. My macaroni cooked for a full of iii minutes.
Working apace, add in cheese and stir until cheese completely melts and evenly coats the macaroni. Add salt, ground black pepper or hot sauce if desired. Swallow immediately.

Considering microwaves vary in ability, your times may not exist exactly the same. My microwave is 1200 watts. If y'all have a stronger microwave, you lot may need to do less time or even reduce the power rather than cooking at full power. If you microwave is less powerful, you may need to cook your pasta longer.
Your macaroni can notwithstanding melt with but a piddling h2o so don't keep adding water unless it's drying out. Adding too much water will actually make information technology take longer to cook. If you lost more than a few tbsp of water in overflow, then yous may demand to add together 1-2 tbsp of h2o, otherwise the 1/2 loving cup should exist enough.

Serving: 1 mug , Calories: 455 kcal , Carbohydrates: 47.three 1000 , Protein: 20.9 thousand , Fat: xix.vii g , Saturated Fat: 10.8 g , Sodium: 377.three mg , Fiber: ii g , Saccharide: 1.ix m , Cyberspace CARBS: 45 one thousand

The nutrition information provided are but estimates based on an online nutritional calculator. I am not a certified nutritionist. Please consult a professional nutritionist or doctor for authentic information and any dietary restrictions and concerns you may have.